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Article: The Aulacostephanidae (Ammonoidea) of the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary beds (Upper Jurassic) of southern England

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2010
Page(s): 11 – 52
Author(s): John K. Wright
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WRIGHT, J. K. 2010. The Aulacostephanidae (Ammonoidea) of the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary beds (Upper Jurassic) of southern England. Palaeontology, 53, 1, 11–52.

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